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For all the well-deserved glory heaped on Secretariat, when it comes to saving The Meadows, Penny Chereny Tweedy’s farm, the credit should go to Riva Ridge. The colt had a spectacular 2-year old season — which made the Chereny family decide to keep The Meadows — and as a three year old won both the […]
Read MoreSecretariat, the Disney Movie, has opened to mixed reviews. For those of us who just want to focus on the horse himself, this documentary is great. Plus, you don’t need to leave your living room. It’s worth watching all the parts. But make sure you listen to the interviews surrounding the footage of Secretariat’s historic […]
Read MoreJust when everyone’s thoughts are turning to horse racing and the Kentucky Derby, the trailer for the Secretariat movie has hit the airwaves. Enjoy the eye candy!
Read MoreCyclone Larry a 3-year old Thoroughbred born and raised in Western South Dakota and then trained at the North Dakota Horse Park has been chosen to play Secretariat in the Disney Movie due out next summer.
Read MoreIf you’ve always thought your horse looked a lot like racing great Secretariat, here’s your chance to find out if he makes the grade. He doesn’t even need to be fast. Walt Disney Pictures is shooting the movie Secretariat later this year and the producer of the film, Mayhem Pictures is conducting an online “casting […]
Read MoreSo said Jockey Kent Desormeaux after Big Brown’s disappointing run in the Belmont stakes yesterday. It’s been 30 years since a horse won racing’s Triple Crown — the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes. But it wasn’t always so. In the 1970s, there were three Triple Crown Winners! In 1978, Affirmed stuck a nose […]
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